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Species Checklist BOTSWANA • ZIMBABWE • ZAMBIA Zambia COUNTRY SIZE: 752 618 Sq Species Checklist BOTSWANA • ZIMBABWE • ZAMBIA Zambia COUNTRY SIZE: 752 618 sq. km / 290 587 sq. mi CAPITAL: Lusaka Known as ‘the real Africa,’ with space, wilderness and wildlife. Kafue National Park’s open grasslands and floodplains of the Busanga Plains are home to amazing antelope and tree- climbing lions. Luangwa Mfuwe ZAMBIA Kafue Lusaka Mana pools Kariba Victoria Falls Harare Linyanti Chobe Hwange ZIMBABWE Okavango Maun Bulawayo Makgadikgadi BOTSWANA Zimbabwe COUNTRY SIZE: 390 757 sq. km / 150 871 sq. mi CAPITAL: Harare Central kalahari Huge numbers of animals, birds and plants in Hwange and Mana Pools National Parks. The majestic Victoria Falls is popular with tourists from all over the world. Gaborone Botswana COUNTRY SIZE: 581 730 sq. km / 224 610 sq. mi CAPITAL: Gaborone Home to the unique Okavango Delta, largest inland wetland, the Linyanti and the Central Kalahari Game Reserve – a 5 million hectare desert. Protected Area Water City / Town Introduction This booklet will allow you to learn more about the mammals, birds, trees, reptiles and amphibians that you will see all around you during your stay on your Children in the Wilderness camp. We hope that this is just the beginning and you’ll want to learn more when you go back to school and your home! The big animals are ones that you’ll see easily but it’s often the smaller creatures that are even more interesting. Keep a sharp lookout for these, and challenge yourself to learn more about them, either from this book or from your guide or Eco-Mentor. Handy tips when in the bush • Be patient and quiet when looking for wildlife – you will see more. Spend a little more time at each sighting and you’ll be able to see some interesting behaviour or interactions. • Early morning and late afternoon are the best times to be out looking for wildlife. This is when most animals are active, with nocturnal animals (active at night e.g., leopard) also still about. • During the heat of the day many animals will relax in the shade or drink at waterholes (e.g., elephant, zebra), making this a good time to be there. • Watching birds is good throughout the year. In the warmer, wetter summer months many bird species also visit southern Africa from other parts of the world. • Binoculars are useful for observing birds and smaller mammal species or even details of the larger ones. Where wildlife lives Biomes – A biome is a large area with very specific types of land, plants, animals, and weather patterns. Habitats –These are the homes of plants and animals. In southern Africa, we have the following habitats: 1. Savannah Open woodland with grass; the trees have broad leaves or thorns – this habitat is across large areas of Africa south of the Equator. 2. Wetlands Anything wet: from seasonal pools to lakes, rivers, or parts of a river that spreads out to form a marshy area. 3. Desert and Semi-Desert Areas that receive little or no rain and therefore there are few plants or animals living there. 4. Marine This is the sea – in other words, a salt-water habitat, where only specialised creatures can survive. 5. Forest An area filled with thousands of trees, so many that the tops form a closed “canopy”. These range from mountainous forest to coastal forest. SPECIES CHECKLIST 1 Mammals Mammals are divided generally into two groups: 1 Hunters: Known as carnivores or predators that Do you know what makes a mammal? eat meat. • Gives birth to live young Vegetarians: Known as herbivores that are • Has hair or fur somewhere on its body 2 browsing (eat leaves) or grazing (eat grass) • Feeds its babies with milk animals. • Is warm-blooded Zambia has many interesting mammals such as cheetah, lion, and wild dog, right down to elephant shrews, bats and mongoose species. Here there are good populations of lion and leopard. Kafue’s Busanga Plains is home to buffalo, red lechwe, puku, and roan antelope, whereas the woodland areas are good for seeing Lichtenstein’s hartebeest, defassa waterbuck, oribi and yellow baboon. Keep a look out for the tree hyrax in Kafue. About 196 mammal species are found in Zimbabwe. Hwange National Park has over 100 mammal species alone! There are good populations of African elephant, Cape buffalo, sable antelope and southern giraffe, while greater kudu, impala, common waterbuck, Burchell’s zebra, chacma baboon, lion, leopard, and spotted hyaena all are here too. The Zambezi River, along the Mana Pools National Park, has large numbers of elephant, hippo and other herbivores such as buffalo, impala, waterbuck, eland, kudu and nyala. Predators here also include lion, leopard and wild dog. Botswana has large areas that have been set aside as national parks or reserves. The Okavango Delta is filled with water for much of the year, so water-loving antelope like red lechwe and sitatunga live there. But many other mammals can be found too, from large elephant and buffalo to lion, leopard and cheetah. In the Central Kalahari, animals adapted to the desert, such as gemsbok, springbok, can be seen, as well as smaller predators like brown hyaena, bat-eared and Cape fox. Did you know? White Rhino • Pointed, tufted ears • Elongated head, usually held down • Is a grazer (eats grass) and has a square upper lip for grazing • Young calf usually runs ahead of its mother • Tail curled above the back Black Rhino • Rounded ears • Rounded head, usually held up • Is a browser (eats leaves on shrubs) and has a pointed, upper lip for browsing • Young calf usually runs behind its mother • Tail held out straight when alarmed 2 SPECIES CHECKLIST CAPE BUFFALO SPOTTED HYAENA SABLE AFRICAN ELEPHANT CHEETAH COMMON IMPALA SOUTHERN GIRAFFE SPECIES CHECKLIST 3 Larger mammals COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME BOTSWANA ZAMBIA ZIMBABWE Primates Primates Chacma Baboon Papio ursinus v v v Yellow Baboon Papio cynocephalus v Vervet Monkey Cercopithecus aethiops v v v Thick-tailed Bushbaby (Greater Galago) Otolemur crassicaudatus v Lesser Bushbaby Galago moholi v v v Pangolins Pholidota Pangolin Smutsia temminckii v v v Hares Lagomorpha Scrub Hare Lepus saxatilis v v v Rodents and Squirrels Rodentia Tree (Smith’s Bush) Squirrel Paraxerus cepapi v v v Springhare Pedetes capensis v v Carnivores Carnivora Bat-eared Fox Otocyon megalotis v v Black-backed Jackal Canis mesomelas v v Side-striped Jackal Canis adustus v v v African Wild Dog Lycaon pictus v v v Cape Clawless Otter Aonyx capensis v v v Spotted-necked Otter Lutra maculicollis v v Honey Badger Mellivora capensis v v v Striped Weasel Poecilogale albinucha v v v Striped Polecat Ictonyx striatus v v v Banded Mongoose Mungos mungo v v v Selous’s Mongoose Paracynictis selousi v v Large Grey (Egyptian) Mongoose Herpestes ichneumon v v v Slender Mongoose Herpestes sanguinea v v v Water Mongoose Atilax paludinosus v v v Dwarf Mongoose Helogale parvula v v v White-tailed Mongoose Ichneumia albicauda v v v Yellow Mongoose Cynictis penicillata v v Small-spotted (Common) Genet Genetta genetta v v v Large-spotted Genet Genetta tigrina v v v African Civet Civettictis civetta v v v Spotted Hyaena Crocuta crocuta v v v Brown Hyaena Hyaena brunnea v v Aardwolf Proteles cristatus v v African Wild Cat Felis lybica v v v Serval Felis serval v v v Caracal Felis caracal v v v Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus v v v Lion Panthera leo v v v 4 SPECIES CHECKLIST Larger mammals Primates Primates BOTSWANA ZAMBIA ZIMBABWE Leopard Panthera pardus v v v Aardvark Tubulidentata Aardvark Orycteropus afer v v v Elephants Proboscidea Elephant Loxodonta africana v v v Hyraxes Hyracoidea Rock Hyrax Procavia capensis v v Tree Hyrax Dendrohyrax arboreus v Odd-Toed Ungulates Perissodactyla Burchell’s Zebra Equus burchellii v v v White Rhino Ceratotherium simum v v v Warthog Artiodactyla: Suiformes Warthog Phacochoerus aethiopicus v v v Bushpig Potamochoerus porcus v v v Hippopotamus Artiodactyla: Whippomorpha Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius v v v Giraffe, Buffalo, Antelope Artiodactyla: Ruminantia Southern Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis v v v Cape (African) Buffalo Syncerus caffer caffer v v v Eland Taurotragus oryx v v v Greater Kudu Tragelaphus strepsiceros v v v Sitatunga Tragelaphus spekei v v Bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus v v v Roan Hippotragus equinus v v v Sable Hippotragus niger v v v Gemsbok Oryx gazella v v Common Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus v v v Defassa Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa v v Red Lechwe Kobus leche v v Puku Kobus vardonii v v Southern (Common) Reedbuck Redunca arundinum v v v Blue Wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus v v v Red Hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphus v v Lichtenstein’s Hartebeest Sigmoceros lichtensteinii v Impala Aepyceros melampus v v v Klipspringer Oreotragus oreotragus v Steenbok Raphicerus campestris v v v Oribi Ourebia ourebi v Sharpe’s Grysbok Raphicerus sharpei v v v Yellow-backed Duiker Cephalophus silvicultor v Blue Duiker Philantomba monticola v Common (Grey) Duiker Sylvicapra grimmia v v v SPECIES CHECKLIST 5 Mammal tracks PORCUPINE AARDVARK Front Back Front Back CHACMA BABOON GIRAFFE Front Back Front Back BLACK RHINO HIPPOPOTAMUS Front Back Front Back WHITE RHINO VERVET MONKEY Front Back Front Back 6 SPECIES CHECKLIST CHEETAH LEOPARD Front Back Front Back LION SPOTTED HYAENA Front Back Front Back AFRICAN CIVET BLACK-BACKED JACKAL Front Back Front Back WILD DOG ELEPHANT Front Back Front Back SPECIES CHECKLIST 7 Trees of southern Africa Trees are the ultimate “givers”: • They provide food, shelter and shade • They create habitats that can be used by mammals, birds and other wildlife • They prevent soil erosion • They improve air quality (meaning that they absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen) Look for trees to spot animals! • Savannah, where you’ll find acacia trees, is where you’ll find giraffe, lion, zebra, and wildebeest.
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